This kid comes into a god-awful defense, doesn't do anything until the Seattle game, and proceeds to dominate the ENTIRE league in tackles for the rest of the season. I'm pretty sure no other defensive rookie leads the league in any significant stat other than Luke. If he doesn't win...

He's probably the favorite, but Bobby Wagner (7th in tackles) and Casey Hayward (6 interceptions, 3rd best corner according to PFF) both had elite level seasons and played on winning teams so I don't think it's crazy if they won. I'd of course vote for Luke, and I hope he wins, but if he doesn't it's not like it changes anything about how he played this year or how great an addition he was to our roster.

Ya, I don't even care so much about the tackles, although he did pretty much blow everyone out of the water from week 4 on, I care about how our defense instantly went from bad to pretty solid the second he moved inside. From the minute he moved to the middle he was the heart of the D, calling plays and clearly taking command of the huddle, and on top of it he was a tackling machine.

I actually do think Kuechly will win it just because it seems like a lot of the media really like him, but Hayward and Wagner are perfectly worthy of winning as well.

I 100% agree with you that AD better win MVP. If the season he had doesn't give him the MVP, then they should just make it a quarterback award because no non-quarterback could have done more than he did. I'd even like it if they gave it to JJ Watt over a quarterback this year.